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Western Alliance Bank Principal Network Security Engineer - Network Load Balancing in Grove City, Ohio
Job Title: Principal Network Security Engineer - Network Load Balancing Location: OH - Columbus What you'll do: The Principal Network Engineer is a hands-on functional expert that spearheads complex Initiatives around the design, implementation, configuration, and troubleshooting of network infrastructure and services. They will guide a small team of engineers, influencing their contributions while working independently. Working closely with IT leadership and Enterprise Architecture, the Principal Network Engineer will deliver engineering roadmap activities, driving continuous improvement and maturity. In addition, the Principal Network Engineer and team are responsible for defining, creating, and maintaining architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures, controls, and other support documentation for their functional areas. They will participate in an on-call rotation and complete planned service-impacting activities outside of normal business hours in line with change management processes. Some travel may be required. What we are looking for: Responsibilities: Team leads a small group of engineers, developing the engineering roadmap, defining workstreams, and delegating work as appropriate Plan, design, deploy and mature network infrastructure, services, and processes to meet business needs Deliver on-target KPIs for service availability, capacity, and performance management Provide escalation-level support to our incident, problem, and change management processes Collaborate with IT Governance during assessments and audits, providing evidence to support the control framework Procure and evaluate bleeding-edge technology solutions and present recommendations Lead complex engineering projects e.g., vendor-to-vendor migrations, mergers, and acquisitions Drive standardization, reduce needless complexity, challenge convention Create and maintain comprehensive documentation (HLDs/LLDs/SOPs/KBs) Ongoing proactive maintenance of network infrastructure & services Participation in business continuity and disaster recovery planning, testing, and maturity Participation in operational support 24x7 on-call rotation as required Other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a closely related field, or equivalent experience Strong leadership, organization, and mentorship skills with demonstratable experience Professional-level certifications with Cisco, F5, Infoblox and/or other closely related technologies SME-level experience supporting the operation of mission-critical networks within finance, healthcare, or other highly regulated areas (HIPPA, PCI, SOX, CIS, NIST, ISO/IEC, etc.) SME-level experience participating in solution design and project delivery Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, OSI model, application flow analysis, IPv4 subnetting, IP routing, and switching protocols 10+ years overall IT engineering industry experience with evidence of ongoing personal development In-depth experience with F5 Big-IP Load Balancer technologies In-depth experience with enterprise DNS, DHCP, and IP address management In-depth experience with network routing and switching Experience with Cisco DNA Center Hands-on experience deploying virtual infrastructure within Microsoft Azure or AWS public clouds Scripting experience in Perl, Python, or PowerShell a plus Extensive experience operating within an ITIL ITSM organization with a background using ServiceNow Extensive experience with diagramming software such as Microsoft Visio and Lucidchart Experience using tools such as SolarWinds, Netbrain, LiveAction, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics, and Elasticsearch Excellent communication skills, directly interfacing IT leadership, business stakeholders and technical teams Benefits you'll love: We offer all the important things